Rule reminder

Italian banking vocabulary is central to economic literacy. Key terms: 'il mutuo' (mortgage); 'il tasso di interesse' (interest rate); 'il tasso variabile/fisso' (variable/fixed rate); 'il fido bancario' (credit line); 'il conto corrente' (current account); 'il portafoglio' (portfolio); 'le azioni' (shares/stocks); 'le obbligazioni' (bonds); 'il rendimento' (yield/return); 'la perdita di valore' (loss of value). In Italian the stock exchange is 'la Borsa Valori' or simply 'la Borsa'.